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WiLSWorld 2018: Innovations in Digital Projects

This session for WiLSWorld 2018, July 24 in Madison, highlighted new tools and innovative approaches Wisconsin libraries are using to create, share and preserve digital collections. Presenters: Vicki Tobias, Program Coordinator, Curating Community Digital Collections, WiLS Ann Hanlon, Head, Digital Collections and Initiatives and DH Lab, UW-Milwaukee Randi Ramsden, Program Coordinator, National Digital Newspaper Program,… Read More…

CCDC: Vicki on the Road, Part 1

Cameron Fontaine, Amy Meyer and mentor Pete Shrake (Circus World Museum) in collections storage at the Manitowoc County Historical Society.

This month, I am thrilled to be visiting each of our Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) host sites for an extended check-in with each team. It’s been almost two months since our immersion workshop in Madison where we introduced CCDC participants to basic digital preservation concepts and best practices, tools and workflows for preservation tasks,… Read More…

CCDC Student Reflections: Rock County Historical Society

Team Rock County: host site supervisor Kristin Arnold (RCHS Archives Manager), team mentor Stacey Erdman (Digital Archivist, Beloit College) and Sarah Lange. Not pictured: Kathy Boguszewski, RCHS Volunteer/Internship Recruiter.

I’m Sarah Lange, and I’ll begin my second year at UW-Madison’s iSchool in the fall. This summer I’m working at Rock County Historical Society in Janesville, Wisconsin. I’m developing a digital preservation policy as well as oral history best practices and a workflow for managing the society’s Story Squad collection, which includes story cards, short… Read More…

CCDC Student Reflections: La Crosse Public Library Archives

Team OWLS: Jessica Behrman, team mentor Jesse Henderson (Digital Services Librarian at the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center) and host site supervisor Scott Brouwer (LPL Archivist).

Hi! I’m Jessica Behrman, and I am about to enter my second year at the Information School at UW-Madison. My practicum this summer is with the La Crosse Public Library Archives, where I’m working on creating workflows for digital photograph ingestion, migrating existing content into new digital collections, and implementing quality control measures going forward…. Read More…

CCDC Student Reflections: Outagamie Waupaca Library System

Team OWLS: Mentor Amy Cooper Cary (Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Marquette University), host site supervisor Amanda Lee (OWLSnet Manager) and Kristina Warner.

Hello, I’m Kristina Warner! I am starting my second year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the Information School specializing in archival management. This summer I am working with the Outagamie Waupaca Library System in Appleton, Wisconsin. The biggest projects that we are working on are creating a digital preservation policy, workflow and data management… Read More…

CCDC Student Reflections: Barron County

Jodi Kiffmeter at the Barron County Historical Society

Hello! I’m Jodi Kiffmeyer, a student at UW-Madison’s iSchool. Last semester I rediscovered a passion for family and community history while taking a genealogy course at the iSchool. Unfortunately, I also discovered that it’s not always easy to find historical information online when your family comes from rural northern Wisconsin, as mine does. That’s one… Read More…

CCDC Workshop Wrapup

Reviewing key concepts and terms, CCDC immersion workshop 2018.

On May 22, Curating Community Digital Collections (CCDC) participants convened at the Lowell Center in Madison, Wisconsin for an intensive training experience – an immersion workshop focused on digital preservation. The event also functioned as the official launch of CCDC’s year one summer projects. Over three days, the workshop offered a range of presentations and… Read More…

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